Just talked to Purina

Ok which one of the better food feeders wants to pull the lever and let us swing? LOL. 
Point is if you feed lesser the piranha come and tear ya apart. 
Why can't we all just get along?!?!!?
No reason to hang us or tear us up for what we feed....we don't do it to you.[&:]

btw I had a cat who ate purina food, most of her life and she lived to be 18.  So, I just had to add that.  She was never sick til the very end.  She was and indoor cat and I never brought her to the vet after her first shots - she would have a heart attack going to the vet.  Now I will get flamed for not taking her to the vet- just remember 18 years old!  Wish my dogs would live this long.

ORIGINAL: dogslife

btw I had a cat who ate purina food, most of her life and she lived to be 18.  So, I just had to add that.  She was never sick til the very end.  She was and indoor cat and I never brought her to the vet after her first shots - she would have a heart attack going to the vet.  Now I will get flamed for not taking her to the vet- just remember 18 years old!  Wish my dogs would live this long.

I'm glad your cat had a long life. 

BUT.  You should not be afraid to post something for fear of being flamed!  Is that what this board has become?  One where its members do not post something, because they think others will flame them?  That is ridiculous ... [:@]

Perhaps I "stick up for" folks because I see some merit in what they have to say and I don't like seeing decent folks shredded for having an opinion.

Geez, what's with all the dramatics? With the exception of one or two abrasive posters, no one is trying to hang or shred anyone else. We're having discussions and debates and sharing different opinions, and for the most part we do it very well. Like I said before, just because someone doesn't like what is said doesn't give the person any less right to say it.

I lost my Purina cat last spring, 17 years old, outdoor cat from age 3 when she decided to no longer use the litterbox. New box, different litter, it didn't matter,  she refused to use it.
 
And an interesting note--I fed her a lot of fresh caught, baked fish.  When i would give her canned food that was (suppose) to be fish, she wouldn't touch it.  Stopped buying her canned food and gave here what meat i cooked for the dogs....for the most part.  Her favorites was chicken livers and canned salmon. 

I actually think that people who feed the perceived "lowest quality diets" and those who feed the perceived "best quality diets" are in the same boat.  I constantly had/have to defend myself when feeding both homecooked and BARF because its going against the grain and how could I possibly know what I was doing when I neither vet or nutritionist? 
These 2 extremes are more similar than they realize because they generally face an equal amount of criticism and doubt in my experience[]
 

Unless that person happens to be me, Kelly?  Seems like here lately there are plenty of folks looking to tell me to shut up regardless of what I say.

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Unless that person happens to be me, Kelly?  Seems like here lately there are plenty of folks looking to tell me to shut up regardless of what I say.

No one is telling you to shut up, Glenda.  You're very informative and knowledgeable about dogs, so shutting up is one of the last things you should do here.

Like I said, I think the problem is how you get involved.

Unless that person happens to be me, Kelly?  Seems like here lately there are plenty of folks looking to tell me to shut up regardless of what I say.

I hadn't noticed that. But, honestly, I do think you take things personally, when there's no reason. Some people (and not necessarily you) seem to take it as a personal attack when someone disagrees with them about anything.

I guess the point of my responses was missed because I can't argue with someone's choice of dog food based on experience.  If you think your dog does well, and you feed Ol' Roy, how could I possibly tell you that your sky is not blue?
 
My point is that we either debate the quality of dog food based on fixed, measurable indicators, or we tell stories.  If we're telling stories, then this is not an argument/debate. If we are comparing food based on something we can actually measure, then aside from ingredients and cost, what's left?
 
Think of it this way, I ask you which is a better food, Ol' Roy or Canidae?  We have heard that some dogs do well on one or the other through anecdotal evidence, so no help there. So, prove to me one is better than the other without telling me a story.  How are you going to do it?
 
By the way, why is the mere mention of setting a budget for dog food such a hot button?  I set a budget for my meals.  Why shouldn't cost be a factor for my dog's meals?  I have never implied that selecting a food within a certain price range is bad, nor have I advocated spending more to get quality food.  I only mean to infer that price (as in value) is a factor in determing the overall quality of a food.
 
It's fine with me if you want to set yourself on a gallows (I'll even pull the lever if you want), but I haven't criticized anyone's choice of food yet (because there's no debate there).  Only that Purina products, in most cases, are lower quality than comparably priced "premium" brands.

On this forum it takes guts to say I feed Purina or whatever lesser commercial brand.  When I say I feed Purina One I am fully ready to be fired at and torn apart.  I have seen Sandra along with others torn apart. 
Feed what works best for your dog and leave it at that![]
The Best of the best food is no good if it makes your dog sick.
Although I am curious to those who like to fire at us Purina people if they eat only organic foods like they feed their dogs?

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On this forum it takes guts to say I feed Purina or whatever lesser commercial brand.  When I say I feed Purina One I am fully ready to be fired at and torn apart.  I have seen Sandra along with others torn apart. 
Feed what works best for your dog and leave it at that![]
The Best of the best food is no good if it makes your dog sick.
Although I am curious to those who like to fire at us Purina people if they eat only organic foods like they feed their dogs?

I'll never tear you apart for doing the best for your dog, Firestorm.  Never.  No one else should, either. 

People are so quick to judge others for not being as "high and mighty".  If they would come down from their high horse, things would be much better.

Interestingly enough the twice I've been scolded today in nutrition threads was because of what I perceived to be personal attacks on OTHERS, not on myself.
 
Guess I'll just sit down and shut up.

Chinook, so if you have owned dogs with no health problems that live to a ripe old age then how is lesser bad.  My dog cannot process higher end...BTDT and back to Purina after several tries.  I got tired of seeing my dog sick on the high end.  The best ingredients in the world aren't the best if my dog cannot process it.
Lucky you that you can feed better...I gotta do what works best for my dog.
IMHO if what you do is based on experience then how is it wrong for that particular person.